# Apache Reverse Proxy for Kibana 5 **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [June 9, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-reverse-proxy-for-kibana-5/88815 "2017-06-09T09:41:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![yodog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yodog/32/4822_2.png) [@yodog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yodog)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-reverse-proxy-for-kibana-5/88815/3 "2017-06-09T19:02:25Z")
> it's just impossible to simply configure Kibana 5 behind an Apache Reverse Proxy Impossible? Right... > There is no official documentation > **[Tips to secure Elasticsearch clusters for free with encryption, users, and more](https://www.elastic.co/blog/tips-to-secure-elasticsearch-clusters-for-free-with-encryption-users-and-more)** > > Elasticsearch security is now free. This post revisits and updates best practices for securing your clusters, including transport layer security (TLS), native and file realm authentication, authorization features, cluster and node isolation, Kibana... > all the "working" solutions on Google 450 results found: [reverse proxy site:elastic.co - Google Search](https://goo.gl/STbVCP) have you tried them all? > Did someone already succeed to configure an Apache Reverse Proxy (Apache 2.4.10) for Kibana 5 ? yes. with this guide: > [@\[4.3.0 \] how to configure your nginx balancer and apache reverse proxy](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/4-3-0-how-to-configure-your-nginx-balancer-and-apache-reverse-proxy/37351/1): > > problem solved. solution below the question. could someone please help me reconfigure my nginx balancer? i have 3 elk nodes behind a UDP/TCP balancer (round-robin). |----------------| | | | elk-balancer | | | | 80,514,9200 | |----------------| | --------------------------------------- | … --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-reverse-proxy-for-kibana-5/88815)._